The names of these 70 Muslims have recently been added to Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to victims of the Holocaust, which honors nearly 25,000 “righteous persons” who risked their lives to protect the Jewish community during Nazi Germany’s reign of terror.

The exhibition hopes to inspire new research into instances of collaboration between the Muslim and Jewish communities.

Fiyaz Mughal, director of the charity Faith Matters and co-author of the accompanying booklet The Role of the Righteous Muslims, said, said this exhibit will be the best thing for empathy and cohesion, “shared learning and a common pride in who we are.” Such as sharing the same saying – Whoever saves a single life saves the entire universe – in both their scriptures.

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Thank you for this item. Your readers may be interested in knowing that the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), whose office is in NYC and whose website is at http://www.jfr.org, is a charitable organization that was founded in 1986 to provide financial support to needy “Righteous Gentiles” who have been recognized for their rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. While the number of surviving rescuers is declining, JFR continues to receive applications. At its peak in 2003, some 1750 rescuers were receiving financial support. The number now stands at about 700, living in 22 different countries. Those being supported are listed by name and country, and a description is provided of their rescue efforts. The religion of the rescuers is not necessarily indicated in those descriptions, but a few in the Balkan countries appear to be of Muslim background. (The largest concentrations of those receiving assistance are in Poland and Ukraine.)